By Garrett Kidney
October 22nd, 2004
Quick Results
1. Jeff Jarrett defeated Ryan O' Reilly
2. Sonjay Dutt and Chris Sabin defeated Kazarian and Michael Shane (w/ Traci) by judges decision
3. Monty Brown defeated Eric Stevens
4. The NYC (Johnny Swinger and Glenn Gilbertti w/ Traci) defeated El Fuego and Scott Papper
5. AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy and Ron Killings defeated Team Canada (Bobby Roode, Eric Young and Ruff Silverstein w/ Scott D'Amore)
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Does Jarrett really need these squash matches? Because really they do
absolutely nothing for him. O' Reilly is Conor O' Brian of NXT fame.
Jarrett tries to beat up O' Reilly after the match but Hardy makes the
save. Jarrett still hasn't accepted Hardy's challenge to a ladder match.
A promo probably would've been better suited here.
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Thery're doing this thing where the fans vote on who should be DOA
between Russo and Dusty so they both ran campaign ads during the show.
They were quite entertaining. I actually really like the idea, not only
does it open up an avenue for some entertaining political satire and
some interesting social experiments but the idea of fans voting on an
authority figure and then that person serving a term is a nifty one.
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Really fun X-Division match which went the full ten minutes with
Zbyszko deciding Dutt and Sabin should be the winners. There was so much
talent in the X-Division during this period of TNA. AMW and Triple X
were ejected from the building during the match but showed up later and
brawled before making a Last Man Standing match for the PPV.
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Monty squashed Eric Stevens, they seemed to mess up the finish so Monty
just hit him with a second Pounce for the win. Raven ran out and
brawled with Monty for a while before getting a Pounce for his troubles.
Abyss came out and security eventually separated everybody. This was a
really fun segment, more than just generic brawling because these guys
were all trying to hit their signature moves and it had three Pounces so
it literally is incapable of being bad.
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Squash city again as the NYC return. Trinity issues an open challenge
for Victory Road and that's about it. They didn't even look that good
squashing guys.
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Fun showcase for Truth, AJ and Hardy with the crowd being really hot
for them as a team (and I assume if they didn't eventually get Savage
these three would've faced the Kings of Wrestling at Turning Point
because they seemed to be trying to establish them as a trio over the
last couple of months). Hardy hits D'Amore with a Swanton off the ladder
before Jarrett nails Hardy with a guitar and accepts the ladder match
challenge. Fine closing segment to hype the PPV and give a decent visual
of Hardy hitting a Swanton off the ladder.
Closing Thoughts
Decent show, some good with some dull stuff in between.
